After I had my third, we got some family pictures taken, I hated every single one of them because of myself. I felt like I ruined the pictures, the rest of my family was so wonderful, and I was just so big. When I would take singular pictures, or someone got a picture of me I would be able to say, oh well I was just in a bad position, it was just a bad picture. But all of these looked the same. There was no excuse. And I looked nothing like the picture I had of myself in my head. I knew I had to change then, I even have one of those pictures on my work out notebook, to remind me of why I am doing this!

At first I was motivated by the fact that I was disgusted with the way I looked & what I had allowed to happen to my body.Then I was motivated by watching the scale number drop.Then I was motivated by running longer than I could the week before.Then I was motivated by lifting heavier weights than I could the week before.Then I was motivated by running my first 5k race straight through without walking, & wondered if I could do more.

Now I challenge myself continually with fitness goals & those never fail to keep me motivated even when the scale doesn't move much. The scale can be unpredictable, fitness goals aren't. If you get a good training program & put in the work, you are basically guaranteed success. It doesn't get better than that!

I now have 7 races under my belt, & at the moment I am motivated by the duathlon, 10-mile race, & half marathon I have planned for this fall. After those are over, I'm going to have to find something bigger to shoot for.

My motivation for getting started on my weight loss journey was my kids and my health. Now, since I have lost a significant amount of weight, my new motivation is buying a new wardrobe. I am now able to fit into the labels I love and I am addicted to scouring my favorite thrift shop to find them. Another reason for me to keep going is the amount of compliments that I get. I love it when people notice the changes I have been making; it helps a lot with self-esteem.

At first I was motivated by the fact that I was disgusted with the way I looked & what I had allowed to happen to my body.Then I was motivated by watching the scale number drop.Then I was motivated by running longer than I could the week before.Then I was motivated by lifting heavier weights than I could the week before.Then I was motivated by running my first 5k race straight through without walking, & wondered if I could do more.

Now I challenge myself continually with fitness goals & those never fail to keep me motivated even when the scale doesn't move much. The scale can be unpredictable, fitness goals aren't. If you get a good training program & put in the work, you are basically guaranteed success. It doesn't get better than that!

I now have 7 races under my belt, & at the moment I am motivated by the duathlon, 10-mile race, & half marathon I have planned for this fall. After those are over, I'm going to have to find something bigger to shoot for.

That is so awesome! I couldn't even imagine running 10 miles. It must feel great, and make you feel so acomplished! I think I am going to have to start doing some running A lot of those things you said are ways that have kept me motivated too, the scale going down is a big one. Then with fitness, realizing how much easier simple things were after I had started working out daily. Going from hardly being able to do modified push ups to being able to do 20 regular push ups, being able to actually see some muscle showing in my arms. Getting more flexible, being able to actually touch my toes! Those sorts of things definitly keep me working at it!

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